What is the meaning of Artificial ?

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Within these companies, qualified women run into artificial barriers that prevent them from advancing to top positions in management.

The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and artificial.

He did not want his life to be prolonged by artificial means.

Even in the artificial environment of an office, our body rhythms continue to affect us.

Removed from the artificial atmosphere of the fashion show, high-fashion clothes often look cheap and silly.

If you describe someone or their behaviour as artificial,

you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have.

... the artificiality of all relationships in that nervous city.

The meat was chewy and the sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.

...complaints that their tinned peas were an artificial shade of green.

artificial materials of great strength

artificial cream

an artificial manner

an artificial laugh

an artificial classification

C14: from Latin artificiālis belonging to art, from artificium skill, artifice

artificial teeth

artificial fur/sweeteners/flowers

an artificial smile

This artificial fabric has the texture of silk.

This bread is completely free from artificial preservatives.

Some studies have suggested a link between certain types of artificial sweetener and cancer.

The actors were encouraged to speak in flat, speedy tones

Artificial objects